Misr International University. Faculty of Engineering. Department of Architecture.

Course: Landscape

Presented To: Dr.Khaled Asfour, Arch.Vironia Nabil. Presented By: Ahmed Hesham Saad El Shamarkah. ID#2005/1687.

Livistona Chinese:
Common Name: Chinese fan palm, chinese fountain palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: Southern Japan, Taiwan, South China. Height: 1.8m 9m. Description: it is becoming common to see young Chinese fan palms used in masses as ground cover in both outdoor landscapes and interior scapes especially shopping malls. Small specimens looks great in pots and planters, and it is consider a good palm for small yards, and they are tough enough to survive hot city conditions. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: Low. Blooming color: Pale yellow. Blooming time: blooms repeatedly.
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Ravenala Madagascariensis:
Common Name: Travelers palm, Traveler's tree. Family: Strelitziaceae. Origin: Islands of Madagascar. Height: reach 15m. Description: The traveller's palm is one of nature's most distinctive and remarkable plants. The traveller's palm has been described as being part banana plant and part palm tree. Its long leaf stems and deep green leaves look a lot like those of the banana and extend out from the trunk like the slats of a giant hand fan. The leaves range up to 3 m long and from 25-51 cm in width. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium to well watering. Blooming time: All year round. Blooming color: Green.

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Roystonea Regia:
Common Name: Royal palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: Cuba Banama. Height: reach 22m. Description: this palm makes a memorable impression wherever it is grown. Massive and symmetrical with a smoothly sculpted trunk this palm looks almost artificial, like a denizen of an idealized Disney landscape. The trunk of the Royal Palm is swollen at the base. It constricts about halfway up and then bulges again just below the crown shaft creating a dramatic profile. The royal palm has pinnate leaves that can be up to about 3 m long. Light requirement: Full sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Mid Summer. Blooming color: Pale yellow, Bright yellow, white or near white, Cream.

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Arica Lutescens:
Common Name: Arica palm. Family: Arecaceae. Origin: Madagascar. Height: reach 9m. Description: it gives the tropical look and grow up quickly, beside being inexpensive, and it requires less maintenance, and could be used as hedges. Light requirement: Sun to partial shade. Water requirement: watering well. Blooming time: late spring & early summer. Blooming color: Gold (yellow-orange), &bright yellow.
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Seaforthia Elegans:
Common Name: Seaforthia palm. Family: Arecaeae. Origin: Australia. Height: reach 10m. Description: Its trunk is Crown shaft generally green but occasionally brownish. Light gray trunk barely enlarged at its base. Light requirement: Full Sun to Partial shade. Water requirement: medium.

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Washingtonia Robusta:
Common Name:Washingtonia palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: Mexico. Height: reach 12m. Description: this skyscraper of the palm world is a outstanding sight when planted at equal intervals along a avenue or when snuggled up in groups against high rise buildings. The gray trunk is ringed with closely set leaf scars although usually at least part of the trunk remains covered with dead leaves that hang in a thatch. Light requirement: High (full sun). Water requirement: Low. Blooming time: late summer & early fall. Blooming color: white or near white.
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Bismarckia Nobilis:
Common Name: Bismarck Palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: island of Madagascar. Height: reach 18m. Trunk: Smooth. Leaves: bright light blue, waxy and its height up to 3m, star in shape Stem: 1.8m. Description: Bismarckia is a magnificent palm that feature is known for its beautiful color. Several of these palm when placed together in a large residential setting can contrast dramatically providing a wonderful view. A row of Bismarck palms spaced 5m apart along each side of any entry road or walkway can form a dramatic impact. Uses: -serve as a focal point. - planted against a dark backdrop of foliage. - serve as living sculpture adding drama to the landscape. Light requirement: prefers full sun, but in tolerant of some shades.

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Borassus Flabellifer:
Common Name: Palmyra palm, Sugar palm. Family: Arecaceae. Origin: India. Burma & Celon. Height: reach 12m. Description: Sugar palm are the most useful palm in Asia. The fruit and seed is eaten raw or cook. The leaves is 3 meters across and strong that a person can stand or sit on it and the leave are use for thatching, mats, baskets, fans, hats, umbrellas, and as writing material. The black trunk are very large, hard and strong that use for valued for construction. The sugar palm is a natural symbol tree of Cambodia and grows all over the country. It looks a bit like a large Washingtonia Robusta , but it has seeds that nearly match the size of a coconut. Light requirement: High (full sun). Water requirement: Low. Blooming color: white or near white. .

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Livistona Decipiens:
Common Name: Ribbon Fan Palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: Australia. Height: reach 12m. Description: This palm is very similar to Livistona Australia, only the fan leaves are even more finely divided and very droopy. It is a slightly faster grower , and has very attractive dark green leaves when young and in full sun. However, it fades to a normal green colour with age. Light requirement: high (full sun). Water requirement: Low. Blooming color: bright yellow.

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Cycas revoluta:
Common Name: Queen Sago, Fern Palm. Family: Cycadaceae. Origin: Equatorial Africa. Height: reach 6.1m. Leaves: reach: 2.4m. Description: small and very slow growing tree, leaves are feathery long and dark shiny green leaves. Leaflets are spine tipped, rolled down. Fruits are orange and there seeds are poisonous. Usage: - Entry Ways. - Serves as a focal point. - makes an unusual view. Water requirement: medium. Light requirement: medium. Wind tolerance: High

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Rhapis Exelsa:
Common Name: Lady Palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: Warm forests of southeast China. Height: reach 4m. Leaves: Shiny Green. Description: it is a specie of fan palm. The growth rate vary with the culture and environment. Uses: -Create dense screens - Foundation of the plantings. Water requirement: medium. Light requirement: medium to high.

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Washingtonia Filifera:
Common Name: desert fan, Washington palm, desert palm. Family: Arecacea. Origin: Southern California, Western Arizona, Mexico. Height: reach 18.3m. Uses: - Natural and formal groupings, open areas. - Streets. Description: the fan palm is with a spherical crown. The stem is cylindrical, wider at the base and covered with older leaves, and the leaves are stiff. Light requirement: high. Water requirement: Low. Wind tolerance: High.

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Syagrus Romanzoffeanum:
Common Name: Queen Palm, Cocas. Family: Arecacea. Height: reach 7.5m. Origin: Brazil, Paraguay, Northern Argentina. Description: fast grower, adaptable to various soils and climate. During the summer season the queen decks herself out with impressive inflorescences (like in the photo), but in winter orange fruits appear. Uses: - Frame views. - Lining streets. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: Medium.

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Phoenix Dactylifera:
Common Name: Date Palm. Family: Areacacea. Origin: North Africa. Height: reach 46m. Description: it is very tall with slim trunk, its leaves are long, sharp and pointed, there colors are green or gray. It blooms date which are small in size, it blooms dates which are yellow or red in color, the palm is blooms during spring and dates are not formed in cold places Uses: - Landscaping large areas. - Guarding the guarding the Entrances. - planting in avenues.
Light requirement: High. Water requirement:Low. Wind tolerance: High.
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Phoenix Canariensis:
Common Name: Canary island date palm. Family: Areacacea. Origin: Canary island in the Atlantic Ocean. Height: reach 15m. Description: branches are spread heavily, the trunk is compacted, stiff when it is young, and become thick when grow up, leaves are long , deep green, it blooms orange seeds during spring. Uses: - used in Big Yards. - Decorative purpose. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium. Wind tolerance: High.
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Araucaria Excelsa:
Common Name: Norfolk Island Pine. Family: Araucariaceae. Origin: Norfolk island. Height: reach 67m. Trunk: medium in size. Leaves: small. Climatic requirements: high humidity like in coastal countries, and it cant tolerate the cold weather. Soil type: Acidic. Uses: - Decorative tree could be used in decorating gardens, streets and it is considered to be an eye catcher due to its unique form. -its wood used in making furniture. Comment: this tree consider to be a special due to its unique shape.
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Senna Surratensis Burm.

Common Name: Cassia Glauca. Family: Leguminosae. Origin: Trop. Asia, Australia. Height: reach 5m. trunk: medium in size. Leaves: consist of 6-9 pairs of leaves, small in size. Bloom color: Yellow. Blooming period: March, April, May. Use: decorative purpose due to the long time of its blooming. Sun exposure: sun to partial shade.

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Araucaria Bidwillii:
Common Name: Bunya-bunya tree. Family: Araucariaceae. Origin: Australia. Height: reach 36.6m. Description: The bunya-bunya tree is a distinctive evergreen conifer with evenly spaced, horizontal branches arranged in regular tiers and whorled around a trunk that continues to the very tip of the tree. Young trees are cone-shaped and beautifully symmetrical. Light requirement: sun to partial shade. Water requirement: medium. Uses: -Wind breakers. -In parks and avenues. - Shading trees.

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Taxodium Distichum:
Common Name: Taxodium, Bald Cypress. Family: Taxodiaceae. Origin: Southeastern U.S. coastal plain. Height: reach 40m. Description: it has linear leaves,The leaves of Taxodium spread out on the branches, and are arranged in two ranks on opposite sides of the stem. The branchlets of Taxodium tend to spread outward. Taxodium loves water, but it will also grow in drier areas, but it will grow much more slowly. Light requirement: sun to partial shade. Water requirement: watering well. Blooming time: Spring and early summer. Blooming color: Green and Bronze.
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Pinus Pinea:
Common Name: Italian stone pine, Umbrella pine. Family: Pinaceae. Origin: Southern Europe. Description: It has a very characteristic umbrella-like shape, with a short trunk and very broad, smoothly rounded to nearly flat crown. The bark is thick, redbrown and deeply fissured into broad vertical plates. The flexible mid-green leaves are needle-like, and it is the source of the pine nuts used in cooking. Light requirement: full sun. Water requirement: low to moderate.

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Cassia Fistula:
Common Name: Golden Shower. Family: Leguminosae ( sub family of Caesalpinioideae). Origin: India. Height: reach 10m. Trunk: medium in size. Leaves: oval consist of 4-8 pairs of leaves. Blooming time: May. Blooming color: Golden Yellow. Uses: decorative purpose due to its beautiful color of the bloom. Comment: could be a kind of special unique tree due to its sudden blooming with golden yellow flowers and then disappear.
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Cassia Nodosa:
Common Name: Pink and white shower. Origin: E.Himalayas. Height: 10-15m. Trunk: short, medium in size. Leaves: many leaves with long branches growing horizontally, which gives the form of the umbrella. Blooming color: pink-White in groups. Blooming time: starts from spring till late summer. Use: decorative purpose due to its bright color. Water requirement: High. Light requirement: High. Wind tolerance: medium.

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Bauhinia Variegata:
Common Name: Orchid tree. Family: Leguminosae. Origin: India & China. Height: reach 13m. Trunk: medium in size. Leaves: like camel foot its length about 10-15cm Blooming color: Purple, Blue, Light Blue ( star in shape). Blooming time: Autumn, Spring. Use: - Decorative purpose. - Medical purpose. - its wood used in manufacturing agricultural equipments.

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Tecoma Stans:
Common Name: Yellow Bells. Family: Bignoniaceae. Origin: Fla. And Mex., S to S Amer. Height: reach 6m. Description: Yellow elder grows as a densely branched shrub or small tree and gets its common name from its superficial resemblance of its foliage to that of elderberry , It has bright green opposite leaves and sharply toothed edges Leaves: rough pointed leaves (10cm). Blooming color: Yellow. Blooming time: Summer, Autumn. Use: decorative purpose.
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Cupressus Sempervirens:
Common Name: Italian Cypress. Family: cupressaceae. Origin: East Mediterranean region. Height: reach 30m. Description: Some cultivars of Italian cypress are remarkably tall, slender, almost pencil shaped trees. Leaves: small in size. Use: - Decorative purpose. - Oil extraction. - Perfume extraction. - wood is used in manufacturing. - Wind breakers. Comment: consider to be special due to its form.

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Melaleuca Ecricifolia:
Common Name: Swamp paper bark. Family: Myrtaceae. Origin: New S.Wales. Height: reach 9m. Leaves: small thin (1.5cm). Description: Melaleuca Ericifolia is a hardy species that will tolerate permanently wet, even salty ground. Good windbreak or hedge plant and ideal for harsh coastal conditions Blooming color: creamy white. Description: very adaptable and can live in either dry or wet setting, could resist water shortage. Use: decorative purpose.
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Plumeria Alba:
Common Name: Indian Jasmine. Family: Apocynaceae. Origin: Pacific islands, Caribbean, South America, Mexico. Height: 3-5m. Leaves: alternating in the end of the branches elliptical oblong to long lanceolades (15-40cm). Description: Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar. Blooming color: White with Yellow center. Blooming time: from mid spring through fall. Use: decorative purpose & medical purpose.

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Mangifera Indica:
Common Name: Mango tree. Family: Anacardiadeae. Origin: SouthEast Asia. Height: 35-40m. Description: An alien species, one of the best known in the area. A small or medium-sized tree with a short trunk that often branches near the ground. Leaves are long and narrow, very dark green, alternate, but clustered densely at the end of branch lets. Leaves: ever green alternate (15-35cm) are used as floral decoration at weddings. Smell: Lily of the Valley. Use: decorative purpose & fruity tree.
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Ficus Benjamina:
Common Name: Ficus tree, Fig tree. Family: Moraceae. Origin: South and Southeast Asia, Australia. Height: reach 30m. Leaves: oval with an acuminate tip. Light: Full sun. Description: It is a very popular house plant in temperate areas , due to its elegant growth and tolerance of poor growing conditions; it does best under bright, sunny conditions but will also tolerate considerable shade. It requires a moderate amount of watering in summer, and only enough to keep it from drying out in the winter. The leaves are very sensitive to small changes in light. When it is re-located it reacts by dropping many of its leaves and replacing them with new leaves adapted to the new light intensity. Uses: - Shading tree. - used as skeleton

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Indian Laurel:
Common Name: Ficus Nitida. Family: Moraceae. Origin: India. Height: reach 20m. Description: it is a tree which offers a lot of shade, its leaves are dark green in color, it has a vigorous sculptural trunk. It is used as a skeleton in order to emphasis what is in front. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: Low. Wind tolerance: High.

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Ficus Microcarpa, Chinese Banyan tree:

Common Name: Ficus Hawaii. Family: Moraceae. Origin: China. Height: reach 12m. Description: This tree or large spreading bushes are known for their tropical looking foliage . They grow in most soils and are droughtresistant once established. Hawaiis trunk is less in diameter than that of Ficus Nitida. Light requirement: Sun to Partial Shade. Water requirement: medium.

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Albizia Julibrissin:
Common Name: Albizia, Silk Tree. Family: Fabaceae. Origin: China. Height: 9-12m. Description: It has an open, airy, umbrella like covering often with multiple trunks. The trunk is smooth and the branches arch gracefully. The leaves are about 0.3 m long, held alternately on the stem and twice compound. Each featherlike leaf has a central leaf stem with a dozen or so side branches bearing the 1.3 cm leaflets. The tiny flowers are pink and arranged in compound clusters about 15.2 cm across that look like feathery silk powder puffs. Their smell fills the mid-summer air and attracts honey bees. Light requirement: Sun to partial Shade. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Spring, Summer, Early Fall. Blooming color: Pink.

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Jacaranda Aculifolia:
Common Name: Jacaranda. Family: Bignoniaceae. Origin: Brazil and Australia. Height: 9-12m. Description: Even before you see it, you sense its presence. Once in your field of vision, its sizzling, violetblue floral explosion grabs your attention and holds it fast. The jacaranda is a large tree with fine textured, fern like pinnate leaves. Young trees are upright but assume an irregular branching pattern that produces beautifully asymmetric open crowns as the trees age. the tree covers itself with showy trumpet shaped flowers that are arranged in pyramid shaped clusters that grow at the tips of branches. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Spring and Early summer, mid summer. Blooming color: Bright Violet.

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Thevetia Peruviana( tree & Shrub).

Common Name: Yellow Oleander. Family: Apocynaceae. Origin: tropical America. Height: tree reach 6m & Shrub reach 2m. Seasonality: Ever Green. Leaves: alternate, nearly sessile. Description: It is an evergreen tropical shrub or small tree that bears yellow or oragngeyellow, trumpet like flowers and its fruit is deep red/black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a Chinese "lucky nut." Its stem is green turning silver/gray as it ages. Blooming color: Yellow, Orange. Blooming period: Seasonal bloomers. Light: Full sun. Uses: - Luxuriant tropical effect. - Decorative purpose. - Long lasting colors. - Entry ways.

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Laurus Nobilis:
Common Name: Laural Bay, Sweet Bay. Family: Lauraceae. Origin: Southern Mediterranean region. Height: reach 9 m. Description: It is a pyramidshaped tree or large shrub with aromatic, evergreen leaves and shiny gray bark. Bay laurel sometimes produces suckers from the base. The leaves are elliptic, 7.6-10.2 cm long, rather thick and leathery, and shiny dark green. Blooming color: Yellow, Green. Blooming period: Late spring, early summer. Light: partial shade. Use: - protect from cold winter winds. - source of bay leaves which used in cooking.

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Caesalpinia Pulcherrima:
Common Name: Peacock flower, Dwarf Poinciana. Family: Fabaceae. Origin: West India, Tropical America. Height: reach 9m Description: is a fast growing shrub or small tree with red to orange flowers with long showy red stamens. The flowers are arranged on racemes and can have as many as 40 flowers per flower stalk. The stem, branches and petioles are armed with sharp spines and the leaves are fernlike and twice compound, with many small, oval leaflets. Light requirement: Sun to partial shade. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: All year round. Blooming color: Red and Bright Yellow. Uses: summer colour , tropical effect background, good in medians.

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Chorisia Crispiflora:
Common Name: Folss silk tree. Family: Bombaraceau. Origin: Brazil. Height: reach 20m. Trunk: spiky. Description: it is a tree with pale green leaves, The young trees start out growing fast, straight, and narrow, then slowly develop broadly spreading umbrella canopies as they age. The bulbous green trunk is covered with big blunt warty triangular spines and turns gray as the tree gets older. Silk floss trees typically drop their leaves just before they put on their spectacular autumn display of fivepetaled flowers. The petals vary from pale pink to rose to purple or burgundy at the tips and grade into ivory with brownish spots or blotches at the base. The flowers are followed by pear shaped capsules filled with many seeds embedded in silky white floss. Blooming color: Pink, White. Blooming period: Autumn, Spring. Uses: decorative purpose. Comment: consider to be a special, due to its form.

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Acacia Retinodes:
Common Name: Wirilda, Silver Wattle. Family: Mimosaceae. Origin: Australia. Height: 5m-10m. Description: Acacia retinodes is a spreading, tall shrub or small tree. The leaves are long, narrow and dark gray- green in colour. The spherical yellow flower heads contain 30-40 individual flowers. Acacia retinodes will grow in welldrained situations but will also cope with short periods of water logging. Light requirement: Sun to partial Shade. Water requirement: well to medium watering. Blooming time: Summer and Early Fall. Blooming color: Bright Yellow.
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Royal Poinciana
common names: for Royal Poinciana include Flamboyant Tree, Flame Tree, Mohur Tree and Red Flame. Origin: Madagascar.

Facts: consistently voted among the top 5 most beautiful flowering trees in the world. Royal Poinciana deserves its support. It may be the most colourful flowering tree in the world as well.

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Ruellia brittoniana:
Common Name: Mexican Petubia. Family: Acanthaceae. Origin: Mexico. Description: The Mexican petunia is a tender evergreen perennial that forms colonies of steamy stalks standing 0.9 m in height and of indeterminate width. The strong semi-woody stalks are distinctly vertical in aspect and hold attractive dark green, leaves oppositely at the nodes. The lance-shaped leaves are to 15.2-30.5 cm in length and 1.31.9 cm wide. Blooming time: summer, spring, early fall. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium.

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Hibiscus ( Queen of Shrubs).

Family: Maluaceae. Origin: China, Japan, Pacific islands. Description: This large shrub grows in frostfree climates. The toothed leaves are arranged alternately and vary a lot, but tend to be large, dark green, and shiny. This plant has a coarse texture and may be upright or broad and spreading. It is often many-stemmed. Flowers are glorious and huge at their best. Most are flared and have a bell shape and may be single or double, smooth or scalloped. They have a long central tube with stamens and pistils at the tip. Leaves: alternate, spirally arranged, simple (8-10.5cm). Blooming color: White, Red, Pink, purple. Blooming period: all year round, but more in fall & spring. Maximum growth: 10m in the wild. Use: - Decorative purpose. - Juice drink. www.wikipedia.org Medinal purpose.

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Yucca Aloifolia:
Common Name: Spanish bayonet, Yucca. Family: Agavaceae. Origin: Coastal areas from north Carolina to Mexico, and West Indies. Height: 2.4-6m. Description: has an erect trunk7.6-12.7 cm in diameter. The trunk is armed with sharp pointed strap like leaves each about 6cm long. The young leaves near the growing tip stand erect; older ones are reflexes downward, and the oldest wither and turn brown, hanging around the lower trunk like an Hawaiian skirt. Eventually the tip of the trunk develops a 0.6 m long spike of white, purplishtinged flowers, each blossom about 12.7 cm across. After flowering, the trunk stops growing, but one or more lateral buds are soon formed, and the uppermost becomes a new terminal shoot. Any other buds become branches, but these are usually few, and the plant has an open, airy habit. Yucca also produces new buds, or offshoots, near the base of the trunk, forming a thicket. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: Low. Blooming time: late spring, summer, early fall. Blooming color: White or near White.
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Pennisetum:
Common Name: Dwarf Fountain Glass. (fox tail). Family: Poaceae. Origin: Highlands of Kenya. Height: 1-4m. Description: Oriental fountain grass is an unusually low-growing and compact fountain grass. It grows in a bank that expands outward slowly from short underground rhizomes. The inflorescence, standing a foot or two above the arching mound of leaves, consists of a plume of pearly white or silvery pink fluff. Blooming color: Pinkish White, Ivory white, Light Pink, Almost black, White, Rose-purple, Red-Purple. Blooming period: summer and autumn. Sun exposure: Full sun to light shade. Use: decorative purpose, make contrast.

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Lantana Urticodes:
Common Name: Lantana. Family: Verbenaceae. Origin: Native to tropical America. Height: 1-2m. Blooming color: Purple, lavenders, Yellow, Orange, Red. Blooming time: all year round. Sun exposure: full sun to light shade. Soil: General. Water requirement: Low. Use: Decorative purpose.

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Carissa Grandiglora:
Common Name: Natal plum. Family: Apocynaceae. Origin: Africa. Branches: spiky (3cm). Leaves: shiny, skinny leaves. Blooming color: White (star Shape). Blooming time: Summer. Use: decorative purpose & jam Extraction.

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Duranta Erecta:
Common Name: Golden Dewdrop, Duranta Lemon. Family: Verbenaceae. Origin: West Indies, and central and south America. Height: 45cm- 1.8m Description: Duranta erecta is a extensive shrub, its leaves are light green, elliptic to ovate and opposite to each others. Blooming color: light blue. Blooming time: Blooms regularly. Light requirement: Full sun. Water requirement: Regular watering. Uses: used as specimen shrub or as a hedge.
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Amaranthus Hybridus:
Common Name: Amaranthus. Family: Amaranthaceae. Origin: Height: 90-130cm. Description: Amarathus is a broad genus of about 60 species of short-lived herbs, that breed mostly in the temperate and tropical regions. leaves are alternate, ovate in shape, and slightly notched at the tip of the leaf blade. Hairs may occur on the leaf margins and along veins, especially along the lower leaf surfaces. Stems also have short hairs. Blooming color: Red, Purple. Blooming time: Mid summer. Light requirement: Full sun. Water requirement: Low.
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Euryops Pectinatus:
Common Name: Euryops. Family: Asteraceae. Height: reach 1.2m. Description: Euryops, yellow bush daisy, or African Yellow Daisy is a marvelous addition to any garden that has a well-drained, full sun situation. This is a plant that provides sunny, yellow daisy-like flower color against a mat of appealing finely cut green or grey-green foliage all season long to some degree (it does not flower as much in very hot conditions, but there will still be a few blooms). It is a tough plant that survives all but the most extreme warm weather conditions including moderate drought. Sadly, this plant is not winter hardy except in the most temperate regions . Blooming color: bright yellow. Blooming Time: Blooms repeatedly.
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Bougainvillea:
Common name: Gohanemia, paper flower. Family: Nyctaginaceae. Origin: South America. Height: reach 12m. Description: The bougainvilleas are mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen dropping their leaves for a brief period in winter. Their woody, thorn-armored canes soar to great heights and then tend to flop over sprawling across whatever is adjacent. This can look rather sloppy so many gardeners trim their plants into shrubs removing the overly enthusiastically growing canes as they appear. The heart shaped leaves are rich green and 3-5 in (7.6-12.7 cm) long. Blooming color: purple, yellow, red, orange, white. Blooming period: all year round except for a brief period in winter. Light: bright sunny. Uses: - decorative fence. - indication for Mediterranean style.
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Plumbago Auriculata:
Common Name: Plumbago, sky flower. Family: Plumbagnaceae. Origin: South Africa. Height: reach 2m. Description: Plumbago is an evergreen shrub with whip-like semi woody stems that form a loose, rounded mound 0.9-3 m high with a similar spread. Plumbago can be pruned to grow like a vine and scramble over supports, or pruned into a more compact mounded shrub, or left to sprawl with its long, gracefully arching branches. Blooming color: Pale blue. Blooming period: flowers freely. Light: full sun. Soil: light sandy. Uses: - Borders. - Foundation plantings. - Color massed in beds.

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Protasparagus Densiflorus: (Ground Cover)

Common Name: Aspargus Fern. Family: Lily family. Origin: South Africa. Height: reach 60cm, branch 1m. Light: Good bright light, but not direct light. Uses: - As ground cover. - Semi- shady area along walkways, or under trees. - In hanging boxes.

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Strelitzia Reginae:
Common Name: bird of Paradise. Family: Streliziaceae. Origin: South Africa. Height: reach 1.4 m Description: The uniquely shaped flower of this exotic tropical perennial resembles a bird's head, and due to it's brilliant orange and blue colours and unique form, it resembles not just any bird but a bird of paradise. Blooming time: all year round. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium to well. Uses: - used like a small shrub. - shrubs borders. - houses and commercial interiors.

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Pelargonium:
Common Name: Geranium. Family: Gereniaceae. Origin: South Africa. Height: 30cm to 45cm. Description: pelargonium grows in every region of the country. These plant have succulent leaves and stems, the distinctive leaves in most varieties are circular. Blooming time: late spring, summer, early fall. Blooming color: pink, red, orange, white. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium. Uses: - beds and borders. - excellent in containers.

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Codiaeum Variegatum Gold Dust:

Common Name: Gold Dust Croton. Family: Euphorbiaceae. Origin: Australia. Height: 2.4 m 3 m. Description:Crotons are known for their colourful, glossy foliage in addition to the many leaf variations. They are usually classified according to their leaves. Light requirement: Full sun. Water requirement: medium.

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Chrysanthemum Morifolium:
Common Name: Arola. Family: Asteraceae. Origin: China and Japan. Height: 30cm-60cm. Light requirement: Full sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Fall.

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Acalypha Wikesiana:
Common Name: Acalypha. Family: Euphorbiaceae. Origin: South Pacific. Description:Under ideal, frost free conditions copperleaf grows as a spreading evergreen shrub with upright branches that tend to originate near the base. Many cultivars are available with different leaf forms and colors Use fences and trees lose leaves are grown in winter the whole year. It is used in mixed hedges and shrub borders and as a specimen shrub. Light requirement: full sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: last summer and earl fall.
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Verbena Hybrida:
Common Name: Verbena. Family: Verbenaceae. Origin: Brazil, Argentina. Height: 15-30cm. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: Medium. Blooming time: Spring and Fall. Blooming color: Pink, Purple and Creamy.

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Cassia Alata:
Common Name: Christmas Senna, Popcorn Senna, Christmas Candle. Family: Fabaceae. Origin: Africa, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands. Height: 1.8m- 9m. Description: Christmas candle is an evergreen shrub or small tree in frost free areas. It has erect waxy yellow spikes that look like fat candles before the individual blossoms open. The large leaves are two-sided, symmetrical opposed and fold together at night. The fruit is a pod, while the seeds are small and square. Cassia Alata is a fast grower and will flower in the first year of planting. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Summer and Fall. Blooming colour: Bright Yellow.
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Gerbera Jamesonii:
Common Name: Gerbera. Family: Asteraceae. Origin: South Africa. Height: reach 45cm. Description: in nature these flowers range in colors from yellow to deep orange, but selected varieties extend the color palette to include white, cream, pink, red, violet. Blooming time: all year round. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium.

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Dodonaea Viscosa:
Common Name: Dodonea. Family: Sapindaceae. Origin: Australia. Height: reach 3 m. Description: it is an evergreen shrub, the leaves are simple elliptical 6-13cm long and 2-4cm bread. The flowers are in small clusters of greenish white flowers, blooms in every spring. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: Low. Uses: - informal hedge. - patio tree.

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Cassia Didymobotrya:
Common Name: Pop corn Cassia. Family: Caesalpiniaceae. Origin: Eastern Central Africa. Height: 2.4m to 3 m. Description: it is often grown for its yellow ornamental flowers which appear over a long period in warm climates, its leaves are evergreen and are about 10-30cm long and its golden flower is about 25cm wide, are grouped in 1020cm inflorescences. Blooming time: late spring to early fall. Light requirement: High( full sun). Water requirement: medium.
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Chinese Ixora:
Common Name: Ixora. Family: Rubiaceae. Origin: China. Height: 1.2-2.4m Description: Ixora is a dense, multi branched evergreen shrub. Ixora has a rounded form, with a spread that may exceed its height. The glossy, leathery, oblong leaves are about 10 cm long, with entire margins, and are carried in opposite pairs on the stems. Small tubular, scarlet flowers in dense rounded clusters 5-13 cm across are produced almost all year long. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Blooms repeatedly. Blooming colour: Pale pink and Pink.

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Tecomaria Capensis:
Common Name: Tecomaria Capensis.

Family: Bignoniaceae. Origin: South Africa. Height: 2-3m. Description: Tecomaria Capensis is a shrub with evergreen, opposite leaves. The diamond shaped leaflets are toothed and about 5.1cm long, flowers are in red or orange or yellow in color. Blooming time: from November to January. light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium. Uses: - can be used as climbing vine. - barrier hedge. - used as ground cover on steep slopes or rocky banks. - forms garden arches. - Tropical effects for pools.

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Nerium Olandes:
Common Name: Dafla or Oleander. Family: Apocynaceae. Origin: Northern Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia. Height: 2.4-3m. Description: Nerium Oleandes is an evergreen shrub. It is a tough, versatile plant with showy summertime flowers in white, red, pink in color. Leaves are leathery, lance shaped are about 10.2-25.4cm long. Blooming time: all year round. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium. Uses: - Shrubs borders. - informal hedges. - beach plantings, cityscapes.
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Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum:
Common Name: Oxeye Daisy, Marguerite. Family: Asteraceae. Origin: Europe. Height: 30-40cm. Description: the flower stem is slim, straight and may emerge from the root crown, leaves are broadly toothed, alternate, smooth, gloosy, dark green, the flower composed of white rays surrounded a compacted yellow disc. Blooming time: Spring & Summer. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium.

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Ipomia:
Common Name: Rail Road Vine. Family: Convolvulaceae. Origin: Coasts of U.S Height: reach 3m. Blooming color: various showy colors from pink to purple. Blooming time: Spring, Fall. Light requirement: Sun to partial Shade. Water requirement: medium.

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Gaillardia Pulchella:
Common Name: Blanket flower, fire wheel, Indian blanket. Family: Asteraceae. Origin: North America. Height: reach 60cm. Description: Blanket flower is a short lived perennial or annual noted for its brilliant, daisy like flowers. The large center of the flower is rose purple and the dense, frilly petals are yellow, orange. Flowers appear in summer and are (5-7.6cm) across and are held upon (46-91cm) light green stems. Blooming time: summer, spring, earl fall. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium. Uses: - colorful borders, beds. - Ground covers in containers.
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Wedelia Trilobata:
Common Name: Wedelia. Family: Asteraceae. Origin: West India, Hawaii. Height: reach 15cm. Description: low growing lobed leaves, blooms with golden yellow flowers, which are borne singly on the end of each stem. Blooming time: spring, Fall. Light requirement: High (full sun). Water requirement: medium. Uses: excellent ground cover in warm climates, and good for soil retention and erosion control.

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Cestrum Elegance:
Common Name: Night Elegance. Family: Solanaceae. Origin: Mexico. Height: 2.4m - 3m. Description: It has an evergreen foliage, leaves are evergreen, alternate, narrow, lanceolate, simple, with short leaf stem. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: medium to High.

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Catharanthus Reseus:
Common Name: Madagascar Periwinkle, Rose Periwinkle, Vinka. Family: Apocynaceae. Origin: Madagascar. Height: 15cm-30cm. Description: Vinka is a semi woody evergreen lasting, usually grown as an annual in the flower bed. It develops a woody stem near the base and spread out just as wide. As annuals, they are usually smaller and more horizontal. Vinca has opposite glossy leaves about 5.1-7.6 cm long, borne on fairly rigid stems. Light requirement: Sun to partial Shade. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Spring, Summer, Early Fall. Blooming color: Pink, Red, White, Rose Pink.
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Senecio Cineraria:
Common Name: Dusty Miller, Cineraria. Family: Asteraceae. Origin: Western and Central of Mediterranean region. Height: 15cm-30cm. Description: It is a mound forming sub shrub that is grown in areas that experience wet summers. The leaves are silver-gray and woolly. They are shallowly to deeply incised. Cineraria produces mustard yellow flower. Light requirement: Full Sun. Water requirement: medium. Blooming time: Blooms repeatedly. Blooming color: Bright Yellow. Uses: It is excellent for edging borders and beds. Its silvery-gray foliage provides a perfect contrast for brightly coloured annuals. It is often used in containers and window boxes. Gardeners everywhere have created their own original designs with Cineraria.
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Aptenia Cordifolia: (Ground Cover)

Common Name: Israel star. Family: Aizoaceae. Origin: South Africa. Blooming color: red, purple (star shape). Blooming time: Spring. Sun exposure: High. Use: decorative purpose. Comment: could be planted in large areas, as it gives a good green shape with less amount of water in compare with the grass.

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Euphorbia Lactea Haw:

Common Name: EL-Shamadan. Family: Euphorbiaceae. Origin: India. Height: reach 5m. Description: it is an erect shrub, with succulent branches 3-5 cm in diameter, with short spines, leaves are minute. Light requirement: High. Water requirement: Low.

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Agave Americana:
Common Name: Century Plant. Origin: Mexico. Height: 1-2 m. Leaves height: 120cm. Leaves: very spiky ended with a pointed pin. Sun exposure: High. Use: - Decorative purpose. - used in rope manufacturing. - medical purpose.

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Gasteria Maculata:
Common Name: Thick Tongue. Family: Liliaceae. Origin: South Africa. Leaves: long triangular in shape looks like a tongue (15-20cm), its width 5cm. Use: decorative purpose.

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Echinocactus Grusoni:
Common Name: Golden Barrel Cactus, Golden Ball. Family: Cactaceae. Origin: Mexico (where it is endangered in the wild). Height: could reach 1 meter. Description: the sharp spines are long, straight or slightly curved, and various shades of yellow or white. Small yellow flowers appear in summer around the crown of the plant, but only after 20 years or so. Light requirement: High (full sun). Water requirement: Low ( water generously in summer).

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Grouping 1:
Grouping consists of:
1. Ficus Benjamina. 2. Thevetia. ( ever Green). 3. Bouganvillea. (ever Green). 4. Plumbago. (Summer, Early Fall). 5. Verbena. (Spring, Fall). 6. Chrysantheum Morfolium. (Fall). This Group considered to be a successful as it reflects the keyword cheerful and that could be seen with in a bright Context.

Grouping 2:
Grouping Consists of:
1. Ficus Benjamina. 2. Vitex. (Spring). 3. Ruellia Brittoniana. (spring, Summer). 4. Chrysanthemum Leucathemum. 5. Cassia Alata. (Summer, Fall). 6. Osteospermum (African Daisy). This Group considered to be a successful group as there is harmony between the group members either by coloring or by the leaves and flowers shape.
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Grouping 3:
Group consists of:
1. Roystonea Regia. 2. Cycas revoluta. This couple of palms is indicating and reflecting the keyword Luxury and richness due to the formality of each palm and the good impact that is reflected on the viewer and in order to increase the richness many of these palms are used together.

Grouping 4:
Group consists of:
1. Ficus Benjamina. 2. Ficus Hawaii. 3. Pelargonium Zonala. (Spring, Summer, Fall). 4. Ipomia. (Spring, Fall). 5. Verbena. (Spring, Fall). 6. Ixora. (Repeatedly). This group considered to be successful due to the harmony between its partners either by color, or by flowers and leaves shape.

Grouping 5:
Group consists of:
1. Thevetia Puruviana. 2. Tecomaria. 3. Plumbago Nudiflora. This group of shrubs consider to be a good group due to the harmony between its components in the blooming colors.

Grouping 6:
Grouping consists of: 1. Ficus Benjamina. 2. Ficus Hawaii. 3. Acalypha. 4. Duranta Erecta.

This group considered as a successful group due to the harmony between its members either by the colors or by the leaves shape. The plants also arranged in a good manner as a strip design.

Bazalt:
Usage: Floors and Walls. Colors: Red, Black, Brown, Gray. Pros: dont effected by friction, have high solidarity, could be used in forming good patterns, not very expensive. Cons: fading by time when exposure to the sun, the size of the blocks are limited.

Marble:
Usage: Floors and walls. Color: Many colors. Pros: not effected by friction, available be many types and prices, sized according to orders . Cons: its color fad when used directly to the sun, Need from time to time to be polished.

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Granite:
Usage: Floors and walls. Color: Many colors. pros: not effected by friction, available be many types and prices, sized according to orders .

Concrete Flooring:
Usage: Floors. Pros: Not affected by friction, not very expensive, available in many colors. Cons: Fine-color does not prove the concrete, its color fade when exposed to sun for long time.

Hashma Breaks:
Usage: Floors and Walls. Colors: Yellow, Bright Yellow. Advantageous: available by many types, prices, sizes, could be reshaped, high solidarity. Disadvantageous: affected by water.

Interlock:
Usage: Floors. Colors: red, Green, Yellow, Gray. Pros: inexpensive, high resistance and solidarity.

Pergolas:

Pavement Tiles :

Zahret El lotus

Mashrabeya

Feroon El Nile

Keshr El Samak

Sornaga

Arabesca

Pavement Tiles :

Tabak El Negmy

Fawarir

Sherouk

Miramar

Gravelz

Orange